Some of you may know that I’ve been a paid staff writer for Renderosity.com for a couple years now.  I write about 2 articles a month for them ranging from interviews to product reviews. Yesterday, my editor Nick Charles (love that name) posted my most recent article/interview on Image Metrics, a company that specializes in facial animation for movies and games

Image Metrics uses the markerless approach to creating facial animation and since their big hit “The Emily Project” at last years Siggraph 08, they’ve become a leader in providing top level facial animation for games like GTA IV for the PC. Their collaboration with Epic on the Gears of War 2 series which resulted in an excellent test clip for the recent VGA awards shows the quality of work they are capable of.  Not to mention the fact that they are on the cutting edge in terms of practicality and economics ( a big factor in the increased use of facial animation).

I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing staff at Epic and Image Metrics for this article. Head over to renderosity.com if you are interested. In the meantime, you might enjoy IM’s new demo reel:

Image Metrics Demo Reel